Replies to post #21309 on Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (fka PTQMF)

[Implanting]

It's at least nice to see they haven't forgotten about spinning off PDI. The PR states they need more time to get their act together for the spin-off, which is the same reason they gave for not spinning it off from two years ago. Now they indicate the spin-off will occur sometime during fiscal 2014, so we have the potential of it being another full year before the spin-off may or may not happen. I wonder what excuse will be used when fiscal 2014 times out and the spin-off still hasn't happened?

I'll take a guess....we need more time to get our act together.

[VBgood]

Thanks acanuck. Here is a nice little article, Andalusia is doing good and very business friendly:

"The net turnover of the industry in Andalusia, defined as the sum of net product sales, net sales of goods and services, amounted to 65.965 million euros in 2011, representing an increase of 13 , 4 per cent over the previous year, above the average of the regions (+10.4%).

According to the Annual Survey of Mining Companies of the National Institute of Statistics (INE), collected by the Ministry of Economy, Innovation, Science and Job, and referring to 2011, the net amount of the turnover of the industry in Andalusia , defined as the sum of net product sales, net sales of goods and services, amounted to 65.965 million euros. Thus, Andalusia is the second region with higher level, after Catalonia.

For branches, nearly half of the turnover corresponds to the 'Mining, energy, water and waste' (43.4% of total), followed by 'Food, beverages and snuff "(20%).

Compared with 2010, the turnover in Andalusia grew 13.4%, above the average of the regions (10.4%), corresponding to the largest increases relating to Mining, energy, water and waste (34.8%), and chemical and pharmaceutical industry (17.3%).

With this increase in 2011, despite the economic crisis, accumulate two consecutive years of increases in the turnover of the industry in Andalusia, with the cumulative increase of 25.4%, nearly ten points higher than observed in Spain (15.9%).The above survey also provides information on the number of hours worked in the industrial branches, still possible to calculate the productivity of the sector, as the ratio between the turnover and the number of hours worked.

In 2011, Andalusia remains, for the second consecutive year as the region with the greatest level of productivity ratio (186.1 euros per hour worked), higher than the national average (163.8 euros per hour worked), highlighting the ' Mining, energy, water and waste ', and' Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry 'with higher productivity levels, more than double the industry average Andalusian, and are higher than the national average for these branches.
Increased productivity

In terms of evolution, are also recorded two years of rising industrial productivity in Andalusia, the increase in 2011 of 17.7% (15.1% in Spain) and accumulating since 2009 increased by 36, 2%, well above the national average (24.6%).

This increase in productivity of the industrial sector in Andalusia is the largest of all regions, which is also attached to the one with higher levels of productivity, Andalusian industrial sector situated in a favorable competitive conditions.